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Robinhood stock jumped sharply in morning trading after the company unveiled a set of product rollouts and global expansion initiatives at its crypto-focused "The World is Flat" event the prior evening. The headline was the public mainnet launch of Robinhood Chain, a Layer 2 network on Arbitrum, alongside a decentralized lending product, broader Eu…
Figma Inc. shares climbed 4.5% after HSBC upgraded Adobe from Hold to Buy, signaling that fears of AI-driven disruption in design software may be overstated. The upgrade followed Adobe's fiscal second-quarter 2026 results and guidance showing continued revenue growth, while Adobe's AI-first revenue remains a small share of total sales.
Barclays has published a list of 21 companies in the nuclear and adjacent infrastructure ecosystem that it sees as strategically placed to benefit from a potential surge in AI-driven data center construction. The bank projects Western hyperscaler and AI lab spending on AI infrastructure could exceed $1 trillion before peaking in 2028, while also wa…
Lucid Group reported deliveries and production below analyst forecasts for the quarter ended June 30, and announced Alexander De Bock as its new chief financial officer as part of a broader executive reorganization. The company also confirmed additional leadership moves and reiterated earlier operational adjustments aimed at conserving cash.
Agnico Eagle Mines shares declined after a rock mass movement along the north wall of the Barnat open pit at the Canadian Malartic complex in Quebec led to a temporary suspension of mining and a reduction in 2026-2028 gold production guidance. The July 1, 2026 incident caused no injuries, equipment damage, or environmental impact, but reduced ore q…
Wolfe Research upgraded Chevron from "Peer Perform" to "Outperform," citing a recent share-price pullback that it says creates an appealing entry point. The firm set a $210 price target, arguing that improvements in Chevron's long-term free cash flow outlook are not fully reflected in the stock, which it sees as pricing a long-term Brent oil assump…
Blue Owl Capital kept its non-traded private credit funds' standard 5% quarterly redemption cap even as redemption requests at one flagship fund, OCIC, fell to $3.6 billion from $4.2 billion the prior quarter. The moderation in outflows helped lift OWL stock in premarket trading, though the company continues to face balance-sheet and sectorwide liq…
Silicom Ltd. shares climbed 9.7% Thursday after Needham analyst Ryan Koontz upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy and set a $60 price target. The upgrade followed a June 30 announcement that Silicom's product passed qualification with a new AI inference customer and that initial production orders have been received, prompting the analyst to raise his…
Roblox Corp. dropped about 4.26% in pre-market trading to $55.48, erasing much of a recent one-day surge after an analyst upgrade. The decline reflects renewed focus on weak bookings and user engagement metrics flagged by Wells Fargo, alongside a group of pending securities lawsuits and an upcoming August earnings report that will serve as a near-t…
A UBS survey of over 7,500 smartphone users across five countries indicates that Apple Intelligence features are not prompting a meaningful acceleration in iPhone upgrade activity. While overall 12-month purchase intent rose in key Western markets, enthusiasm for Apple’s AI features as an upgrade trigger fell, and average device replacement timing …
Dollar Tree's stock climbed in early trading after the company’s board restored its share repurchase authorization to $2.5 billion, effectively returning buyback capacity to the program's prior ceiling. The move follows a $500 million block trade repurchase in June 2026 and came as the retailer posted stronger sales, comparable-store growth and exp…
Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it has created a new internal division of roughly 6,000 employees devoted to helping corporate clients implement artificial intelligence technology. The group will draw on engineering, corporate training, management and industry expertise and is intended to deepen collaboration with customers to speed deployments and i…
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited trimmed its 2026 gold production outlook after a rock mass movement along the north wall of the Barnat open pit at the Canadian Malartic complex led to a temporary suspension of in-pit mining. The incident is expected to reduce second-half 2026 output at Canadian Malartic by about 60,000 to 80,000 ounces and may cut produ…
AeroVironment (AVAV) climbed 4.1% in pre-open trading after the U.S. Department of Defense granted the company a $500 million firm-fixed-price contract for commercial counter-unmanned aerial systems and counter-small-UAS capabilities, with work planned through June 2029. The award - managed by the Army Contracting Command - and a recent Outperform …
Tesla reported a record April-June delivery total that exceeded analyst expectations, propelled by a rebound in European demand even as U.S. sales remain subdued. Deliveries outpaced production, leading to a reduction in inventory built earlier in the year, while investors continue to focus on the company's longer-term autonomous driving and AI amb…
Tesla released second-quarter production and delivery figures that materially exceeded consensus forecasts. The company produced 451,758 vehicles and delivered 480,126, allowing it to reduce a backlog carried from the first quarter and register 25% year-over-year growth in deliveries versus Q2 2025.
SAP has instituted a hiring freeze and reduced non-AI business travel to redirect savings into an intensified AI effort, while executing another major leadership reorganization that places AI product development under CEO Christian Klein and delegates Industrial AI to the COO. The moves come as the stock remains under pressure ahead of Q2 results d…
Deutsche Post has publicly defended its exemption from value-added tax on business mail, stating the relief is mandated under European law and linked to obligations to provide universal postal service. The statement responds to media reports that Germany's finance ministry, led by Lars Klingbeil, plans to remove the tax benefit. A draft from the ec…
Ford Motor Company CEO Jim Farley is pressing for adjustments to the USMCA trade arrangement that would give advantages to automakers with strong U.S. production footprints and impose penalties on companies that depend heavily on imports. Farley highlighted Ford's U.S. assembly leadership, export volumes and relatively low import rate, and contrast…
BofA Securities has reiterated six U.S. equity recommendations drawn from healthcare, consumer, financial services and energy. The broker emphasizes businesses with resilient earnings, attractive valuations and long-term growth drivers, naming AbbVie, CVS Health, AutoNation, Dick's Sporting Goods, GM Financial and ONEOK as its favored high-grade pi…
Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Frontier Company, a new operating unit seeded with $2.5 billion to assist large enterprises in choosing, integrating and extracting value from a mix of AI technologies. The service will help customers combine models from Microsoft and third parties with their own internal data, with clients retaining the …
Insider filings disclosed on Wednesday reveal a mix of concentrated buy-side moves and large disposals across multiple U.S. listed companies. The most prominent purchasing activity involved shareholders and related parties of Jewett-Cameron Trading Co. Ltd., who acquired a substantial block of stock at low-single-digit prices. Other notable buys in…
Roblox shares slipped in pre-market trading, giving back part of a late-June advance. Traders booked profits after a strong move higher that followed an upgrade, while a modest analyst tweak and an ongoing securities lawsuit contributed to selling ahead of the July 4th holiday week. With no earnings catalyst until late July and an elevated beta, th…
European and national regulators have increasingly targeted large technology companies with a string of antitrust, privacy and online-safety actions. Recent rulings and ongoing probes include court decisions, multi-billion euro fines, Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act designations, and investigations into use of personal data and AI prac…
Barrick Mining's stock climbed 4.1% in pre-market trading after gold rallied above $4,000 an ounce. The move was driven by a combination of softer labor-market signals, falling oil prices and recent comments from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh that inflation expectations and risks have eased. Those developments lowered the urgency for further rate hikes and…
